July 31, 8 p.m.
 
Silent Film Night:
HAROLD LLOYD IN“GRANDMA’S BOY” (1922)

Ben Model

$10

Music composed and performed by silent-film pianist Ben Model

Host: filmmaker Lawrence Burke
Harold Lloyd was one of the top three comedians in silent movies. In Grandma’s Boy, Harold plays a shy young man who faces his fears thanks to some help from his Grandmother and a powerful charm she gives him.  The film is full of hilarious gags and slapstick. Here is a rare chance to see one of Lloyd’s own personal favorites, presented here on film and with live musical accompaniment.  Ben Model resident silent film accompanist for the Museum of Modern Art in New York City will introduce the film and perform his original score for the film. Also on the program are the Harold Lloyd short comedies Ask Father (1918) and Number, Please? (1920).

Ariel Bock	Jonathan Epstein

$10

Performed by actors Ariel Bock and Jonathan Epstein

Host: Holly Morse

   Beloved authors whose reputations for entertainment precede them, Roy Blount Jr., Laura Chester, Dan Klein, Maria Nation, and Ruth Reichl, span topics from football to food with warmth and insight. In widely different genres, they use humor to reveal what puts the spring in our step.  Add an exciting new work by an author selected through competition and readings by actors Jonathan Epstein (Shakespeare & Company) and Ariel Bock (Berkshire Theatre Festival) for a unique and entertaining experience.

       A wine reception follows in the  
Meeting House Art Gallery

This program is made possible by a generous grant from the New Marlborough Cultural Council and an anonymous donor.

August 28, 4:30 p.m.  
A Concert
of Great American Songs
for Late Summer
(By composers you really should know but probably don't)

Katharine Dain	Paul Sperry	Christopher Berg

$25 / $20 members

Katharine Dain, soprano; Paul Sperry, tenor; Christopher Berg, pianist

Songs by Christopher Berg, Tom Cipullo and Richard Hundley

“When the director of Music and More asked me to put together an appealing program for the end of summer, I jumped at the chance to include songs by three of my favorite living composers.  I prize them so highly because they all demonstrate a love of song, of poetry, of beautiful melody, of humor – qualities that I value when I go to a concert.  I was also eager to share the concert with Katharine Dain, a remarkable young singer whose enthusiasm for this repertoire equals my own.  Chris Berg is an amazing pianist as well as composer and getting him to play is a big added plus for Katharine and me.”  — Paul Sperry

A wine reception follows in the  
Meeting House Art Gallery

September 4,  4:30 p.m.  
Xuerong Zhao, piano

Xuerong Zhao

A BERKSHIRE DEBUT

$25 / $20 members

  From first prize winner of the Beijing Young Pianist Competition at age seven, to the 2003 International Chopin Competition in Rome, to her 2010 Weill Hall at Carnegie debut in New York, this young pianist from Beijing, China has proven to be an exciting performer with a genuine flair for virtuosity.  Her program includes sonatas by Domenico Scarlatti, Robert Schumann’s Carnival, Scriabin’s Sonata No.5 and music by Franz Liszt.

A wine reception follows in the  
Meeting House Art Gallery

September 11, 4:30 p.m.
The Apollo Trio

Michael Kannen, Marija Stroke, Curtis Macomber

$25 / $20 members

Music by Haydn, Schumann and Beethoven

  The Apollo Trio is comprised of three outstanding soloists and chamber music performers in their own right: Naumberg-Award winner, violinist Curtis Macomber; founding member of the Brentano String Quartet, cellist Michael Kannen; and pianist Marija Stroke, The ensemble was formed in 1997 after playing together in the Soirées des Junies Music Festival in the south of France and has performed to critical acclaim in the United States and in Europe. In addition to frequent appearances at American music festivals, from the Mostly Mozart Festival in New York to Chamber Music Northwest in Oregon, the Trio has also performed at prominent New York venues, including Caramoor, Bargemusic, Avery Fisher Hall, Weill Hall at Carnegie, and the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center. The Apollo Trio made its Kennedy Center debut in 2009 and is currently recording the complete piano trios by Antonin Dvorak.

Haydn Trio in D minor, XV: 23; R. Schumann Trio in D minor, Op. 63; Beethoven Trio in Eb major,  Op 70 No. 2

A wine reception follows in the  
Meeting House Art Gallery

September 25,  4:30 p.m.  
Keith Robinson, cello and Donna Lee, piano

Keith Robinson, cello and Donna Lee, piano

$25 / $20 members

Music by Beethoven, Shostakovitch and Mendelssohn

  A brilliant solo cellist with an exquisitely beautiful tone, Keith Robinson hails from a distinguished musical family that includes Sharon Robinson, cellist of the Kalichstien-Laredo-Robinson Trio, and Hal Robinson, principal bass of the Philadelphia Orchestra. As a member of the famed Miami String Quartet, Keith can be heard with the Quartet on numerous CD’s.

  Recent concert appearances range from Maui in Hawaii to New York City and include such distinguished venues as Ravinia, Mostly Mozart, The Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, La Jolla Summerfest, San Miguel de Allende in Mexico, Chamber Music Northwest, South Mountain Concerts in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and more. This year the pair will record the complete works for cello and piano by Felix Mendelssohn.

A wine reception follows in the  
Meeting House Art Gallery

October 2,  4:30 p.m.  

Award-Winning Authors

$20 / $15 members

Host: Mitchel Levitas of The New York Times

  Three nationally prominent authors will discuss the rewards and frustrations of writing their recently published work and answer questions from the audience.

	Molly Haskell is a writer and film critic. Her most recent book, Frankly, My Dear: Gone with the Wind Revisited, deals simultaneously with Margaret Mitchell’s beloved novel and David Selznick’s spectacular film version. “…one of the best writers on film we have.” –Martin Scorcese
	Terry Teachout is the drama critic of the Wall Street Journal, the author of All in the Dances: A Brief Life of George Balanchine, and The Skeptic: A Life of H.L. Mencken. His most recent book, Pops: A Life of Louis Armstrong, is a gripping portrait of the man, his world, and his music.
	Scott Spencer is the author of nine novels, including Endless Love, which has been translated into fourteen languages and has sold over 2 million copies. His novel Waking The Dead became a film produced by Jodie Foster. Spencer’s latest novel is Man in the Woods.

Mitchel Levitas has been at The New York Times for over 40 years in various senior editorial positions. Currently he is executive associate of the paper's Book Development Program, which he launched in 1999.

A wine reception follows in the  
Meeting House Art Gallery

All events will be held
at the Meeting House, Route 57
New Marlborough, Massachusetts

Enjoy a 10% discount on a post-concert
dinner at the Old Inn On The Green.
Advance reservations required.
Call (413) 229-7924.